darc room : workshops programme revealed

(UK) – darc room : workshops to take place at the Nicholls & Clarke Building on 19th – 20th September as part of darc room, London Design Festival’s lighting destination.

The darc room : workshops programme has been announced featuring eight stimulating free-to-attend sessions over the two days of the darc room exhibition.

Curated by creative consultants and lighting designers Light Collective, the darc room : workshops programme addresses the latest lighting technology topics that are hot in the lighting design profession right now. Most of the workshops will be hands-on and interactive with live demonstrations of the technologies affecting the lighting industry.

Paul James, director of darc room, commented: “I am delighted to announce darc room : workshops as part of the darc room exhibition. Light Collective has put together a sensational programme that will be hugely beneficial to the attendees and, what’s more, it’s completely free of charge! We have put a lot of effort into making the workshops part of the event. I’m extremely grateful to the industry professionals who are participating.”

The workshops are on a first come, first served basis so those that register to attend should arrive early to guarantee a space. Attendees also need to register for darc room in order to gain entry to the Nicholls & Clarke Building on Shoreditch High Street where darc room is taking place.

darc room : workshops full programme

WEDNESDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER

Ambient Communication
Tapio Rosenius, Skandal Technologies12:00 – 18:00 (3 x 2 hour sessions)Experience the future of digital content creation for media facades and architectural environments – straight outta Finland! With Ambient Communication, a new hybrid form of space is created, that is simultaneously digital and physical yet rooted to human biology. Skandal Technologies will bring their EC funded research findings for sharing, together with their beta level special software and sensor rig to play with.

Everything you wanted to know about LEDs* (*but were afraid to ask)Jeremy Fielding, Atrium12:00 – 13:00
If darc room was set in an American High School we’d call this LED 101 – using hands-on demonstrations and simple, easy to understand explanations join Jeremy Fielding on a journey through the basic concepts of colour rendering, colour temperature, flicker, dimming, consistency, spectral power distributions, control and much more – all the hot topics with live demonstrations of key elements.

Human Centric LightingPanel discussion featuring Dr. Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska RIBA, IALD, IES, MSLL; Mark Ridler (Director of Lighting at BDP); Rebecca Weir (Creative Director at Light IQ); Stephen Lisk (Lighting Designer and President of CIBSE) and Iain Carlile (Lighting Designer and President of the SLL)13:30 – 15:30
Human Centric Lighting was the key buzz phrase at this year’s Light + Building – almost everyone was claiming some form of Human Centric element in their product range – but what exactly do we mean by Human Centric Lighting? Is it the ability to change colour temperature and intensity, is it a more sophisticated mapping of light over time or is it mainly a marketing bandwagon that everyone is jumping on. The biological effect of light cannot be denied and therefore the responsible use of light needs to become the cornerstone of our industry.

ControlDavid Kriebel, LensVector16:00 – 17:00
Control is always at the top of the list when you ask lighting designers what they want to know more about, but now sophisticated lighting control is available to everyone one from tech-savvy designers to anyone with a smart device. darc room brings you a hands-on workshop where you can get to experience the latest Casambi Bluetooth based lighting control technology applied to LensVector dynamic beam shaping, output control and colour temperature. In this workshop, you will get to see the hardware that normally sits behind the scenes, learn how to use a simple iPhone or Android app to create group, set static scenes, and create animated scenes.

WEDNESDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER

Ambient Communication
Tapio Rosenius, Skandal Technologies12:00 – 18:00 (3 x 2 hour sessions)Experience the future of digital content creation for media facades and architectural environments – straight outta Finland! With Ambient Communication, a new hybrid form of space is created, that is simultaneously digital and physical yet rooted to human biology. Skandal Technologies will bring their EC funded research findings for sharing, together with their beta level special software and sensor rig to play with.

Everything you wanted to know about LEDs* (*but were afraid to ask)Jeremy Fielding, Atrium12:00 – 13:00
If darc room was set in an American High School we’d call this LED 101 – using hands-on demonstrations and simple, easy to understand explanations join Jeremy Fielding on a journey through the basic concepts of colour rendering, colour temperature, flicker, dimming, consistency, spectral power distributions, control and much more – all the hot topics with live demonstrations of key elements.

Connected Lighting
Francesco Anselmo, Arup
14:00 – 16:00It’s time to get your lighting geek on! We’ve all heard of the Internet of Things and Connected Light – it’s everywhere but no-one really knows what to do with it! Francesco Anselmo will break it down for us. He’s not selling anything, not promoting a specific standard but he is passionate about the future of connected light. He wants everyone to see where this technology can take us as it gradually becomes part of our daily lives in the same way that e-mail has taken over from handwritten letters.

How to be brilliant…Rebecca Hutchinson, John Cullen Lighting16:30 – 17:30darc room is delighted to welcome special guests and collaborators the ILP with a one-off edition of their incredibly successful how to be brilliant series. Developed especially for students, interns, apprentices and new entrants to the lighting profession. Rebecca Hutchinson, Senior Lighting Designer at John Cullen Lighting, will review the latest Building Regulations, consider where best to position fittings for optimum effect, consider how to layer light for added interest and flexibility of mood, review circuiting, control and integration for maximum impact and look at how to finesse lamps, lenses and control to maximise the scheme.